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family medicine residency/fellowship programs

What family medicine residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Programs in family medicine residency/fellowship programs develop a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that family medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in family medicine residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• English Language — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.6 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 5.4 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set built by a family medicine residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.3 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.
• Writing — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.6 / 7.

Abilities

The cognitive and physical abilities most relevant to family medicine residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.8 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, family medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.7 / 7
Getting Information	4.5 / 7
Working with Computers	4.5 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	4.4 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.3 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.3 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.2 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.1 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.1 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by family medicine residency/fellowship programs professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—
SAS	Analytical or scientific software	—
IBM SPSS Statistics	Analytical or scientific software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
Greenway Health PrimeSuite	Medical software	—
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
ChartWare EMR	Medical software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for family medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Family Physician
• DO Physician (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Physician)
• Medical Doctor (MD)
• Family Practice Physician (FP Physician)
• Geriatrician
• Family Practice Practitioner
• Medical Staff Physician
• Family Medicine Physician
• General Physician
• Geriatric Physician
• Occupational Physician
• Outpatient Family Medicine Physician
• Public Health Physician
• Physician
• Family Practice Medical Doctor (FP MD)

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to family medicine residency/fellowship programs graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Doctoral degree	42.1%
Post-doctoral training	24.1%
Master’s degree	22.6%
Bachelor’s degree	7.3%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	2.2%
Postsecondary certificate	1.4%
Post-master’s certificate	0.2%
Some college courses	0.2%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Medical Residency Programs	61
Allergy and Immunology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.03
Anesthesiology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.04
Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.01
Dermatology Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.05
Emergency Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.06
Internal Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.08
Medical Genetics and Genomics Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.09
Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other	61.99
MEDICAL RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS	61.00
Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs	61.02
Neurological Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs	61.10

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.